Luca Prodan

Luca Prodan (Rome, 17 May 1953 – Buenos Aires, 22 December 1987) was an Italian–Argentine musician. He was the leader and singer of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina, and is widely considered as one of the most important artists of the last quarter of the twentieth century in his country. He was the older brother of film actor and composer Andrea Prodan.

He moved to London in the 1970s and worked at EMI. While in London, he formed his first band, The New Clear Heads, which shared aesthetics with contemporary punk bands like XTC, The Fall, Joy Division (from which he named the first Sumo album after: Divididos por la Felicidad, Spanish for Divided By Joy) and Wire.

Luca Prodan

Luca Prodan (Rome, 17 May 1953 – Buenos Aires, 22 December 1987) was an Italian–Argentine musician. He was the leader and singer of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina, and is widely considered as one of the most important artists of the last quarter of the twentieth century in his country. He was the older brother of film actor and composer Andrea Prodan.

He moved to London in the 1970s and worked at EMI. While in London, he formed his first band, The New Clear Heads, which shared aesthetics with contemporary punk bands like XTC, The Fall, Joy Division (from which he named the first Sumo album after: Divididos por la Felicidad, Spanish for Divided By Joy) and Wire.